Justin Bieber Flies, Breaks Down in Tears During His First VMAs Performance Since 2010

Justin Biebier hit the 2015 MTV VMAs stage tonight for the first time since 2010, and he did not disappoint with his highly-anticipated performance of his new singles "Where Are U Now" and "What Do You Mean?"

Even though the performance started out simply, with Justin coming out in all-black and singing "Where Are U Now" totally solo with little to no production, as soon as the tick tock of a clock started sounding and dancers started hitting the stage, the Biebs' performance turned up 100 notches.

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He sang his heart out and danced so hard that you could hardly understand him at some points. Then the music slowed down and there was an inspirational speech as the lights went dark. And just as everyone began to wonder if his performance was over, the lights came back on and Justin was flying into the sky on a harness. The crowd obvs went NUTS!

Then to make everything ten times more amazing and moving (and also a little confusing), Justin started crying at the end of the performance! Check out the u-beliebable recap now.

There are a ton of theories as to why he was crying already. Some believe he was overcome with emotion over returning to the stage after the ups and downs of the past few year while others think the tears were over Selena Gomez (who both songs are reportedly about), and still others think it may have been over how badly the harness hurt his ribs while flying through the air.

No matter what the reason was, this performance will def go down in Bieber history!

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